"So, What Do You Do for Fun?"

She asks it casually, mid-sip. And you feel the floor open up, because the honest answer is work, gym, and a couple shows you're half-watching.

Women rarely say this out loud, but a man with a life is attractive before he says a word. The guy who spent Saturday deep-sea fishing and came back with photos and a story — he walks in already interesting.

The "22 Rules" pushed me to build a life worth talking about. Turns out the fastest way to be interesting to women is to be interested in your own life first.

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What happened to Backbreaker?

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Why can't a young man be successful without criticism? He had confidence that only a young kid with his success could have! He didn't like criticism and had a short-wick but that is who he is - and maybe this is the trait that made him successful! I take it that you posted this thread to piss him off, and to bring him back for his retaliatory remarks!!
 

"You Can't Argue a Woman Into Liking You"

You made your case like a lawyer. Stable job. Good guy. Ready for something real. All true. All irrelevant.

She weighed your points, nodded along, felt nothing — then fell hard for some tattooed bartender with a motorcycle and a gambling problem.

Logic is where attraction goes to die. The "22 Rules" work a level deeper, on the subconscious switches that decide within minutes whether you register as a MAN or as part of the furniture.

Stop presenting evidence. Start flipping switches.

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At first, I liked BB. I disagreed with some of the things he said. He did especially later become kind of nasty and condescending etc. Thats' not what's of any concern to me. What is a concern is, if he has a credibility issue (about his successes) than he has a credibility issue and people should know that if they're following someone's advice. Whether he's credibile or not does not really matter to me since I can way any person's advice in matters I have some experience with. It's in matters where I one does ahve adequate experience it could be a problem. I don't have an opinion on how good is advice was, but I don't think was a KJ.
 

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as a long time lurker. the guy seemed pretty cool at first. he had some extreme views and claims, but over all he knew what he was doing it seemed.

the guy was a pompous prick though, no lie. and he did have some hhuge credibility issues; which, on the internet, is very important because is is your only base of proof. if you're caught in a lie on one thing, it basically pulls down everything that you claimed to be fact.

BB's post are more inspirational than anything, because now i doubt that they are fact. but take from them what you will.
 

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KontrollerX said:
Typing is only one thing dude lol.

The skill of typing and the ability to be coherent are completely different things. I'm a professional software developer (I pay the bills this way) who is trusted by a company everyone here would probably recognize to design and lead the execution of large software projects. *I* cannot touch type.

I can however organize my thoughts into a coherent form.

This last skill is what BB seemed to lack and is what always made his claim of being a software millionaire seem unlikely. I've known hundreds of people in software. Precisely zero were incoherent or disorganized in their thinking.

As for the truth of what BB really is/was and the rest I really don't care, it doesn't seem relevant to anything that affects me. I don't miss him, and if he came back I wouldn't mind. Completely and perfectly ambivalent. :)
 

"She Made Her Decision Before You Finished Your Sentence"

Three seconds. That's how long it took. Your shoes. Your posture. The way you held your drink. Whether you looked at the floor or looked at her.

She already filed you away. Interesting. Boring. Safe. Bold. Before you even opened your mouth.

Everything you say after that is just her confirming what she already decided.

So stop rehearsing lines. Fix the first three seconds. Stand tall. Look up. Smile like you mean it. Walk like you belong wherever you're standing.

The words come later. The impression comes first.

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